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28 Feb 2021

Garden Journal: February 2021

The month of February has the least number of days but sometimes it feels like the longest month. If the pandemic doesn’t keep you at home, the weather in February will. Being retired means we don’t have to worry about … Continued

29 Jan 2021

Mosaic ‘Purse’onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 6

I got hooked on mosaic crochet during the latest lockdown in Ontario. Prior to starting the bag I had completed a few little samples to learn how to follow a graph and just to see how it really worked. I … Continued

14 Aug 2020

National Granny Square Day

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 7

August 15 is national granny square day. A granny square was the very first pattern I learned to crochet and since then I’ve used it in many, many patterns. In honour of granny square day I’m sharing some of my … Continued

27 Mar 2020

Bags with Purse-onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crafty's Projects, Sewing | 10

The reusable bag collection is always growing, usually with bags from stores/organizations with their own advertising on them. I’m not a fan of being a walking advertisement so I came up with a way to cover up what I don’t … Continued

15 Mar 2019

The Project Bag

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 13

I’m taking part in the Southeastern Ontario Yarn Crawl and one of the challenges was to create a project bag. I decided to create one based on my circle bag but on a bit smaller scale. So out came the … Continued

5 Apr 2018

Green ‘Purse’onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 6

I love tote bags and I love to make tote bags. I found this cute pattern for a bag made out of granny squares a few years ago. It is great for using up odd bits and pieces of yarn. It’s … Continued

3 Mar 2018

I Like ‘Purse’onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 8

~ I love homemade bags and have them in many colours. I don’t use any bags/purses that are store bought but have ones with a little ‘purse’onality. I’ve also made many bags to give away as gifts. One of my … Continued

12 Feb 2017

Going Round in Circles

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 0

The idea had been mulling around in my mind for ages, time to think outside of the box (or square) and get into the round. I’ve been making crochet circles of different shapes and I’ve put them all together into … Continued

25 Feb 2016

Five Completions

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet, Knitting, Plastic Canvas | 0

It sure feels good completing projects. I always have a few on the go at once and sometimes it seems they all finish at the same time too. For Five on Friday this week here are five projects that are … Continued

8 Apr 2014

I’ve Got More ‘Purse’onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 0

I recently finished another tote bag with some of the green yarn that was left over from the latest afghan. This is a cross body bag, great for when I’m out walking. It was made using 4 shades of green … Continued

3 Dec 2013

Can You Have Too Much ‘Purse’onality?

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 0

I finished this bag in greys, white and black awhile ago. I love crochet bags and I now have quite a collection. It seems when ever I want to use up yarn I end up making another bag. This pattern … Continued

10 Nov 2013

Grey Shades of ‘Purse’onality

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crochet | 0

The Crafty Side of me has been busy since the weather turned cooler. This is a project that I’ve had completed for a couple of weeks, just never got around to posting about it till now. I have quite a … Continued